talking of spending money.....
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2 of my kids are going on this fancy 1 week scout trip to DC....
And it turns out that ALL of the other scouts have smart phones....
and it turns out that the trip is set up as a super high learning educational thing where you go from one spot to the next... I think over 20 different spots, and check in and learn and such at each spot .... the entire time supposedly using an app that you downloaded onto your phone with a map and information and... stuff...
(kid 2 and 3, ages 17 and almost 15 are going)
kid 3 ( the almost 15 year old one ) had been lobbying for a phone.... he has been doing so much work during his free time... on his own without being asked... stacked up cords of wood, mowed and edged, fixed the mower, did maintenance on the snowmachines (his and his dad's), he has started cleaning the garage/shop ........
he has already shown good responsibility in regards to Internet usage...
I was impressed enough I was starting to cave... thinking that eh, maybe he should get a phone for his b day in Oct.
Oh, he also offered to pay for the phone, if we would do the monthly fee for sevice.
Soooooooooo
I am now wondering if I should shell out my own big bucks, and buy a new Samsung... uh... is it 9 now? They have a buy 1 get one free.... then kid 3 would get the second Samsung.
Kid 2 would get my old Samsung, an S5.
More money than if I just let kid 3 buy a phone (I think the LG40 was about 100, and that is about what he wanted to spend).
It would be nice if kid 2 could at least get a phone for the trip to DC.... but we don't have a still well functioning old one to do a pre-paid plan for a month..... unless I shelled out big bucks for the buy one get one free Samsung 9, then kid 2 could get my old S5 Samsung that still works fine.
thoughts....... thoughts ...... ?
......
2 of my kids are going on this fancy 1 week scout trip to DC....
And it turns out that ALL of the other scouts have smart phones....
and it turns out that the trip is set up as a super high learning educational thing where you go from one spot to the next... I think over 20 different spots, and check in and learn and such at each spot .... the entire time supposedly using an app that you downloaded onto your phone with a map and information and... stuff...
(kid 2 and 3, ages 17 and almost 15 are going)
kid 3 ( the almost 15 year old one ) had been lobbying for a phone.... he has been doing so much work during his free time... on his own without being asked... stacked up cords of wood, mowed and edged, fixed the mower, did maintenance on the snowmachines (his and his dad's), he has started cleaning the garage/shop ........
he has already shown good responsibility in regards to Internet usage...
I was impressed enough I was starting to cave... thinking that eh, maybe he should get a phone for his b day in Oct.
Oh, he also offered to pay for the phone, if we would do the monthly fee for sevice.
Soooooooooo
I am now wondering if I should shell out my own big bucks, and buy a new Samsung... uh... is it 9 now? They have a buy 1 get one free.... then kid 3 would get the second Samsung.
Kid 2 would get my old Samsung, an S5.
More money than if I just let kid 3 buy a phone (I think the LG40 was about 100, and that is about what he wanted to spend).
It would be nice if kid 2 could at least get a phone for the trip to DC.... but we don't have a still well functioning old one to do a pre-paid plan for a month..... unless I shelled out big bucks for the buy one get one free Samsung 9, then kid 2 could get my old S5 Samsung that still works fine.
thoughts....... thoughts ...... ?
